Josip Takač

Josip "Joška" Takač (Serbian Cyrillic: Јосип Такач - Јошка, Hungarian: Takács József, 11 November 1919 – 1991) was a Yugoslav footballer.

For the Hungarian footballer, see József Takács.
Joška Takač
Personal information
Full name Josip Takač
Date of birth (1919-11-11)11 November 1919
Place of birth Subotica, Kingdom of SCS
Date of death 1 January 1991(1991-01-01) (aged 71)
Place of death Subotica, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1933–1937 ŽAK Subotica
1937–1942 UTK Novi Sad 1 (0)
1942–1944 Újvideki AC 5 (0)
1944–1945 ŽAK Subotica [1]0 (0)
1945–1948 Spartak Subotica 42 (7)
1948–1950 Red Star Belgrade 23 (4)
1951–1956 Spartak Subotica 92 (6)
National team
1948 Yugoslavia Olympic
Teams managed
Bačka Bačka Palanka
Sutjeska Nikšić
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Subotica,[2] Takač started playing in 1933 with local ŽAK Subotica.[2] In 1937 he moved to Novi Sad where he joined UTK (Újvidéki Textil SK)[2] a regular competitor in the first league of the Novi Sad Football Subassociation. With Second World War already started and the region occupied by Hungarian authorities, he joins Újvidékí AC in June 1942, the local club that was playing in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.[2] He played 3 seasons in Hungarian top level. However, in 1944 the season was interrupted as Hungary was losing the war, and Takač left UTC and Novi Sad and returned to his hometown, Subotica, where he rejoined his former team ŽAK.

As the region came back to Yugoslav authorities, ŽAK was merged with other local clubs and formed FK Spartak Subotica[2] in 1945. Takač will become one of its most influential players, and his skills got him to join powerhouse Red Star Belgrade in 1948.[2] In 1950 he will return to Subotica and rejoin Spartak.[2] He will finish his playing career in 1962. During his club career, he won 3 Yugoslav Cup titles.

International career

Takač will be the member of the Yugoslav team that won silver at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[3]

Coaching career

Later he became a coach and managed AIK Bačka Palanka[4] and other clubs.

References
  1. Note: No national championship was played those years.
  2. Takács József at magyarfutball.hu, retrieved 18-7-2019
  3. Josip Takač at sportskisavezsubotice.org, retrieved 18-7-2019 (in Serbian)
  4. Book: "Deset Godina Sporta u Bačkoj Palanci 1945 - 55", pag. 8, (in Serbian)
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